Yu-Gi-Oh! Fan Fiction ❯ Hunted ❯ Chapter 14 ( Chapter 14 )

 

 

A few days after the meeting with the Council and the handing over of Rex and Weevil, the group was on yet another Hunt. Yugi and Ryou were in their animal forms tracking a vamp that had been reported terrorizing a neighborhood. Since it was unusually cloudy during the day, allowing for daring vamps to come out, Malik had volunteered to search from the sky.

 

~I've spotted a figure stalking Tea in the park,~ Malik warned the group he had been assigned to. They took off for the area to neutralize the vampire.

 

 

Yugi hissed as he examined his front paw. He had walked into a patch of broken glass and managed to cut his left paw on a jagged piece. Atem had him resume his human form to tend to the cut. “Yugi, you forgot the ears again,” Atem pointed out.

 

Yugi flicked his right ear, “I figured that since I can't use my paw in that form, they might still be helpful.”

 

Joey laughed at this while he watched for danger.

 

 

Ryou had picked up a trace of the vamp that they were Hunting, ^They went this way.”

 

Bakura and Duke followed the small jackal into a park. Ryou stopped and resumed his normal shape, “He ran into the treeline.”

 

Bakura nodded and brushed past Ryou, “Stay here. If anything seems off to you, run and find one of the others.”

 

“Ok,” Ryou nodded, watching as his brother and Duke headed into the trees.

 

Ryou thought back to the other day.

 

 

Ryou looked at Bakura, “I was found in the ocean when I was two and adopted by an archeologist named Richard Bakura. He said that I had a lifejacket with only my first name on it. Since there wasn't a last name to help find my parents, he decided to adopt me.”

 

 

The figure that had supposedly darted into the tree line was watching the scene after he had tricked the dog that was tracking him. He was stunned to see that the mutt was none other than one of the three `pets' that the Vampire Lord wanted back.

 

He grinned to himself, `If memory serves, the three of them are worth a pretty penny. Plus, they were known to always be together after they escaped.'

 

He just had to bide his time in order to capture them all. He planned to start with the weaker member of the group because he was also the one who the Vampire Lord really wanted. The hidden vampire watched as the two men left the tree line and joined up with the small vampire.

 

 

“Did you see the vamp leave this way, Ryou,” Bakura asked his brother.

 

Ryou shook his head, “Sorry, Bakura. I didn't see anyone leave this way.”

 

Bakura cursed, “This vamp is getting to be a pain.”

 

Duke agreed and the three of them went to meet up with the rest of the group. They didn't notice the dark figure following them.

 

 

The group met up at a small diner. Yugi had gotten rid of his cat ears before they entered. “Um, Yami,” he began. “I think I need my medicine. I feel a bit off.”

 

He looked at Ryo and Malik who nodded in agreement. “I'll take them home, Atem,” Joey piped up.

 

Atem nodded, “Just be careful, Joey. I was just reunited with him and I don't want to lose my brother again.”

 

Bakura grabbed Joey's shirt, “Don't you dare allow any harm to come to Ryou or else.”

 

Marik stood behind Bakura, “What he said applies to my brother.” Marik caught Ishizu's and Odion's warning glances. “I mean our brother, but my twin.”

 

Joey threw his hands up in surrender, “Hey, come on guys. I have a little sister so I know what they mean to you. Sheese, it's not like I have no heart.”

 

“Just be safe getting them home,” Atem told him.

 

Tristan went with Joey to help with the boys. The Hikaris hugged their respective siblings before loading into the spare van. Tristan drove back to the mansion, unaware that they were being followed.

 

 

“Tristan, could you help us get a bag from Yami's lab,” Yugi asked his tall friend. “He keeps forgetting to give us a key so that I can get a bag every couple of days or so.”

 

Tristan nodded and used his key to unlock the door to allow Yugi access to the stores of blood. Yugi thanked him and headed to the kitchen to split the bag with his honorary brothers. He couldn't help but feel bad for the three boys being forever frozen at 16 and being separated from their twin brothers at a young age.

 

 

The figure that had been following the small group watched as Yugi and his two friends entered the dining room. He grinned to himself, `The Vampire Lord will be pleased at the return of his missing `pets'.'

 

He waited for his partner to arrive to help him capture the three teens. Once a vamp with red hair showed up, he shared his plan. They both crashed through the window, “Hello boys.”

 

The three frightened vampires dropped their Styrofoam cups on the wood floor. The contents leaked out, forming three red puddles. They ran from the room, calling for Joey and Tristan.